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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	103,574

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados, Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.